Module 7: Diversity and Culture

Question 1

diversity

Answer 1

variety and differences of attributes among, between and within groups

Question 2

multiculturalism

Answer 2

the integration of practices of diversity, tolerance, respect for multiple ways of knowing and being, with issues of equity and social justice

Question 3

ethnicity

Answer 3

a way of describing social identity with a group that is based on shared history and social structure

Question 4

race

Answer 4

a social construction involving the classification of individuals into arbitrary groups and the assignment of disparate meaning and value to those constructed groups

Question 5

immigrant

Answer 5

refers to those who are eligible for permanent residency and includes economic immigrants, family class immigrants and refugees (government-and privately sponsored)

Question 6

temporary residents:

Answer 6

people with temporary work permits, international students, refugee claimants awaiting decisions

Question 7

culture as a determinant of health

Answer 7

some persons or groups may face additional health risks due to socioeconomic environment, which is largely determined by dominant cultural values that contribute to the perpetuation of conditions such as marginalization, stigmatization, loss or devaluation of language and culture and lack of access to culturally appropriate health care and services

Question 8

culturally competence

Answer 8

a process through which nurses plan effective and appropriate interventions that address culturally specific health needs

Question 9

cultural safety

Answer 9

defined as effective nursing practice with clients from another culture and makes issues of power explicit.